Find your perfect word!
Definition of
Etymology 1
From Middle English of, from Old English of (�of, from�), an unstressed form of af, �f (�from, off, away�), from Proto-Germanic *ab (�away; away from�). Doublet of off, which is the stressed descendant of the same Old English word. More at off.
Preposition
of
- Expressing distance or motion.
- (now obsolete or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". [from the 9th c.]
- (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). [from the 9th c.]
- From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). [from the 10th c.]
- (Canada, US, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. [from the 19th c.]
- Expressing separation.
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object. [from 10th c.]
- Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective. [from 10th c.]
- (obsolete) Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb. [14th-19th c.]
- Expressing origin.
- Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent. [from 9th c.]
- Introducing an epithet that indicates a birthplace, residence, dominion, or other place associated with the individual.
- Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation; from, out of, as an expression of. [from 9th c.]
- (following an intransitive verb) Indicates the source or cause of the verb. [from 10th c.]
- (following an adjective) Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective. [from 13th c.]
- Expressing agency.
- (following a passive verb) Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by). [from 9th c.]
- Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase (see also 'Possession' senses below). [from 13th c.]
- (following an adjective) Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective. [from 16th c.]
- Expressing composition, substance.
- (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) Used to indicate the material or substance used. [from 9th c.]
- (directly following a noun) Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object. [from the 10th c.]
- Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun. [from 12th c.]
- Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class. [from 12th c.]
- Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second; "which is also". [from 14th c.]
- Introducing subject matter.
- Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-matter; concerning, with regard to. [from 10th c.]
- (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) Introduces its subject matter; about, concerning. [from 12th c.]
- (following an adjective) Introduces its subject matter. [from 15th c.]
- Having partitive effect.
- (following a number or other quantitive word) Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment; "from among". [from 9th c.]
- (following a noun) Indicates a given part. [from 9th c.]
- (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. [from 9th c.]
- Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below). [from 13th c.]
- Expressing possession.
- Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. [from 9th c.]
- Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. [from 9th c.]
- Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this intersects with the subjective genitive, above under "agency" senses.) [from 13th c.]
- Forming the "objective genitive".
- Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action. [from 12th c.]
- Expressing qualities or characteristics.
- (now archaic or literary) Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier; in respect to, as regards. [from 13th c.]
- Indicates a quality or characteristic; "characterized by". [from 13th c.]
- Indicates quantity, age, price, etc. [from 13th c.]
- (US, informal, considered incorrect by some) Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives modified by certain common adverbs of degree.
- Expressing a point in time.
- (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. [from 9th c.]
- (Britain dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). [from 13th c.]
- (after a noun) Indicates duration of a state, activity etc. [from 18th c.]
Etymology 2
A spelling of /?v/ influenced by Etymology 1.
Verb
of
- (usually in modal perfect constructions) Eye dialect spelling of have or �ve, chiefly in depictions of colloquial speech.
Results 270 Words with the letters OF
5 letter words with the letters OF ↑
AFOAM
11
AFOOT
8
AFORE
8
AFOUL
10
ALOFT
9
ALOOF
9
BEFOG
13
BOFFO
14
BOFFS
14
BUFFO
15
COFFS
14
COIFS
11
COMFY
16
COOFS
11
CROFT
11
DEFOG
11
DOFFS
12
FADOS
9
FANON
10
FANOS
9
FAROS
8
FATSO
8
FAVOR
12
FELON
10
FEODS
9
FEOFF
14
FETOR
8
FIDOS
9
FILLO
10
FILOS
9
FINOS
9
FIORD
9
FJORD
18
FLOAT
9
FLOCK
16
FLOCS
12
FLOES
9
FLOGS
11
FLONG
12
FLOOD
10
FLOOR
9
FLOPS
12
FLORA
9
FLOSS
9
FLOTA
9
FLOUR
10
FLOUT
10
FLOWN
13
FLOWS
12
FLUOR
10
FOALS
9
FOAMS
11
FOAMY
13
FOCAL
12
FOCUS
12
FOEHN
11
FOGEY
12
FOGGY
14
FOGIE
10
FOHNS
11
FOILS
9
FOINS
9
FOIST
8
FOLDS
10
FOLEY
11
FOLIA
9
FOLIC
12
FOLIO
9
FOLKS
13
FOLKY
15
FOLLY
12
FONDS
10
FONDU
11
FONTS
9
FOODS
9
FOOLS
9
FOOTS
8
FOOTY
10
FORAM
11
FORAY
10
FORBS
11
FORBY
13
FORCE
11
FORDO
9
FORDS
9
FORES
8
FORGE
10
FORGO
10
FORKS
12
FORKY
14
FORME
11
FORMS
11
FORTE
8
FORTH
10
FORTS
8
FORTY
10
FORUM
12
FOSSA
8
FOSSE
8
FOULS
10
FOUND
11
FOUNT
10
FOURS
9
FOVEA
12
FOWLS
12
FOXED
16
FOXES
15
FOYER
10
FROCK
15
FROES
8
FROGS
10
FROND
10
FRONS
9
FRONT
9
FRORE
8
FROSH
10
FROST
8
FROTH
10
FROWN
12
FROWS
11
FROZE
17
FUGIO
11
FUNGO
12
FUROR
9
FUTON
10
GANOF
11
GOFER
10
GOLFS
11
GONEF
11
GONIF
11
GONOF
11
GOOFS
10
GOOFY
12
HOOFS
10
HOWFF
16
HOWFS
13
INFOS
9
KLOOF
13
LOAFS
9
LOFTS
9
LOFTY
11
LOOFA
9
LOOFS
9
MOTIF
11
OFAYS
10
OFFAL
12
OFFED
12
OFFER
11
OFTEN
9
OFTER
8
POOFS
11
POOFY
13
POUFF
15
POUFS
12
PROFS
11
PROOF
11
ROLFS
9
ROOFS
8
SCOFF
14
SOFAR
8
SOFAS
8
SOFTA
8
SOFTS
8
SOFTY
10
SPOOF
11
SULFO
10
TOFFS
11
TOFFY
13
TOFTS
8
TOFUS
9
WHOOF
13
WOFUL
13
WOLFS
12
WOOFS
11
4 letter words with the letters OF ↑
AFRO
7
BOFF
13
COFF
13
COFT
10
COIF
10
COOF
10
CORF
10
DOFF
11
FADO
8
FANO
8
FARO
7
FEOD
8
FICO
10
FIDO
8
FILO
8
FINO
8
FLOC
11
FLOE
8
FLOG
10
FLOP
11
FLOW
11
FOAL
8
FOAM
10
FOBS
10
FOCI
10
FOES
7
FOGS
9
FOGY
11
FOHN
10
FOIL
8
FOIN
8
FOLD
9
FOLK
12
FOND
9
FONS
8
FONT
8
FOOD
8
FOOL
8
FOOT
7
FOPS
10
FORA
7
FORB
10
FORD
8
FORE
7
FORK
11
FORM
10
FORT
7
FOSS
7
FOUL
9
FOUR
8
FOWL
11
FOXY
16
FOYS
9
FOZY
18
FROE
7
FROG
9
FROM
10
FROW
10
GOLF
10
GOOF
9
HOOF
9
HOWF
12
INFO
8
LOAF
8
LOFT
8
LOOF
8
OAFS
7
OFAY
9
OFFS
10
POOF
10
POUF
11
PROF
10
ROLF
8
ROOF
7
SOFA
7
SOFT
7
TOFF
10
TOFT
7
TOFU
8
WOLF
11
WOOF
10
3 letter words with the letters OF ↑
2 letter words with the letters OF ↑
OF
5
You can also try words with the phrase OF, words starting with the letters OF, or words ending in the letters OF.
Favorites Searches
Words… ending with q, starting with q, starting with qa, starting with qo, with two letters, starting with x, starting with j, ending with j,
Some random searches: Words with the letters BHMI, Words with the letters VMGY, Words with the letters FJLU, Words with the letters SBI,